Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand White House Fire Election-Denial Czar
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined their Senate colleagues in calling for election-denier Kurt Olsen’s removal as Director of Election Security and Integrity at the White House. The lawmakers emphasized that Olsen has exceeded the legal limit of 130 days as a “special government
Merkley Leads Colleagues in Slamming Trump Putting His Face on U.S. Passport
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Angus King (I-ME) to demand answers from the U.S. Department of State about its reported plans to issue 25,000 special passports featuring Trump’s portrait in commemoration of
Leader Schumer, And Ranking Members Merkley, Durbin, Peters, Whitehouse, Heinrich Statement On Successfully Striking GOP’s First Attempt To Fund $1 Billion For Trump’s Gilded Ballroom In Republican Bill
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),
Golden Ballroom Slush Fund Violates Byrd Rule, According to Senate Parliamentarian
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Senate Parliamentarian advised that the provision in the Judiciary Committee title of the Republicans’ bill that provides $1 billion for Trump’s gilded ballroom would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if it remains in the bill. “The American people shouldn’t spend a single dime on
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Demand Federal Agencies Uphold the Law Over Trump’s Unlawful Order Limiting Voting Access
Senators push Social Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security to put the law ahead of bending to Trump’s illegal Executive Order Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined over 24 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in demanding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) follow existing federal law over
Merkley, Blumenthal, Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Heinrich, Rosen, Smith, Raskin: CFTC Must Tackle Insider Trading and Corruption on Prediction Markets
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Tina Smith (D-MN), as well as U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08), in urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to crack